These days, RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan was on an official visit to Poland, during which he participated in the “Defence24 Days” conference, toured the forum’s pavilions and got acquainted with the displayed samples of military equipment and weapons.

In addition, he met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia, Minister of Defense Robert Kaliniak in Warsaw, to which we have touched on.

Later, RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan also had a private meeting with Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Władysław Kośniak-Kamiś, during which the importance of implementing military-technical cooperation within the framework of the agreement on military-technical cooperation signed in February of this year was discussed, and military education, exchange of experience and together to the exercises participation.

In addition, an agreement was reached regarding the opening of an attaché office for defense issues at the RA Embassy in Warsaw in the near future. This is according to the official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.

And after the negotiations, Władysław Kosyniak-Kamish and Suren Papikyan announced from the Polish side that Poland and Armenia have agreed to conduct joint military exercises.

“Countries striving for stability, security and cooperation are our dialogue partners. That’s why we’re interested with joint military exercises, with the cooperation between military universities and the exchange of experience between the Polish and Armenian defense industries,” the Polish Defense Minister said during a joint press conference, according to Polish sources.

The involvement of the RA armed forces in international and joint military exercises certainly contributes to the increase of the combat capability of our army, in general, we should work to cooperate with everyone.

He is also of this opinion Shiraz Khachatryan, expert of “Henaket” analytical center, but, according to him, it is important in what format and with what tone, that is, it should be taken into account to what extent it contains a geopolitical component, in this case it refers to Poland.

“It is important to understand what is on the ground and how risky the information tone is, taking into account the rhetoric of global actors towards Russia. In other words, we need to understand whether we are getting involved in something more than what will be the result on the real ground.

Accordingly, it is better to cooperate silently in such cases, as in many cases with India, with France, of course, not counting the leakages related to the purchase of weapons, but this does not happen from the Armenian side either. And the deepening of Armenia-Poland cooperation, especially the subject of joint military exercises, is not only a bilateral defense agenda, but it has a wider geopolitical context.

It is no secret that Poland is a hostile country for Russia, which is one of NATO’s toughest anti-Russian positions, moreover, it actively participates in the process of military support to Ukraine, so Moscow will not perceive this only as a stage or step of reorientation of the RA security system in the western direction, but against the background of active military cooperation with the USA, India, France, this will lead to a new deterioration of Armenian-Russian relations, which may turn into a more considerate policy towards Yerevan in the region.

I am sure that Turkey and Azerbaijan are closely following such processes, that Armenia wants to create a new military partnership network with the Western Pole, they will advance their agenda in parallel, intensifying the pressure so that such ties do not become institutionalized. What I am saying is that if something is done, at least silence should be maintained, even in the conditions of active military exercises against the Russian Federation in various places,” explained our interlocutor.

It should be noted that in his speech within the framework of Defense 24 Days, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosyniak-Kamisz proposed to NATO to accelerate the growth of defense expenditures, taking into account security threats. In particular, according to him, the NATO member countries should reach the level of defense expenditures of 5 percent of the GDP 5 years earlier than planned (until 2030).

And in the context of Armenia-Poland relations, let’s remind that after the change of power in 2018, the company “Lyubava-Armenia” stopped its activities. in 2019 from the Ministry of High-tech Industry 168.amto had reported that “the decision to stop the activity of “Lyubava-Armenia” in the Republic of Armenia is determined solely by economic circumstances.”

Later NEWS.amIn a conversation with the former Ambassador of Poland to Armenia Jerzy Nowakowski presented other reasons for the liquidation of the Armenian enterprise of the Polish company Lubawa SA.

“The Armenian revolution of 2018 inspired hope for activation of “Lyubava” and strengthening of business cooperation.

In the end, “Lyubavan” decided to leave Armenia after a meeting with Pashinyan, during which he accused the company of cooperating with the previous government, and said that the company cannot expect the trust of the new, “revolutionary” team,” Yezhi Nowakovsky told the media.

It should be noted that “Lyubava-Armenia”, the first joint Armenian-Polish military-industrial enterprise, has been operating in Armenia since 2014 and was engaged in the production of modern multifunctional camouflage technologies, producing such products of military and technical significance as: fake targets, technical and other tents, helmets, body armor, camouflage nets, etc., and all this according to NATO standards.

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